Strong G513ἀξίνη
axe
- Transliteration
- axinē
- Pronunciation
- ax-ee'-nay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably from ἄγνυμι agnumi (to break; compare G4486); an axe: - axe.
Detailed definition
αξίνη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX for גַּרְזֶן, קַרְדֹּם;]
an axe: Mat.3:10, Luk.3:9.†
(AS)
[in LXX for גַּרְזֶן, קַרְדֹּם;]
an axe: Mat.3:10, Luk.3:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G513 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- axe2
First verses
- Matthew 3:10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Luke 3:9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀξῑν-η, ἡ,
axe-head, ἀξίνην ἐΰχαλκον ἐλαΐνῳ ἀμφὶ πελέκκῳ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.612.)]
2 battle-axe (explanation as δίστομος πέλεκυς by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus), [prev. work] 15.711, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.64.)]
3 axe for hewing wood, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.12, NT.Matt.3.10, NT.Luke.3.9)]. (Cf. Gothic aqizi, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] æx, Latin ascia (from *acsia).)
axe-head, ἀξίνην ἐΰχαλκον ἐλαΐνῳ ἀμφὶ πελέκκῳ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.612.)]
2 battle-axe (explanation as δίστομος πέλεκυς by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus), [prev. work] 15.711, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.64.)]
3 axe for hewing wood, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.12, NT.Matt.3.10, NT.Luke.3.9)]. (Cf. Gothic aqizi, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] æx, Latin ascia (from *acsia).)